Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-10
DENVER AND TEXAS.
The importance of a Connection Be
tween Denver and the Gulf by
Way OF Fort Worth.
This Snhj CT Reviewed in a Thoughtful and
Intelligent Manner By Keen oh
server and Impartial Writer.
DenEer News.

connection between Texas and Colorado,
or more specifically, between Fort Worth
and Denver. Notwithstanding this,
however, question whether there are
many who fully appreciate the importance
Of such q connection. It Is in most cases
regarded by tire general public simply as
g pet scheme CT few interested spec
ulstors, or as hobby Of Governor Evans,
WIEN, il Tsslity il IS destined to become
the most important of the many trunk lines
that now inters6ct me extensive and fer
tile territory Of the great southwest. In
deed, when one comes 10 study the cues
ton IN the light Cf facts bearing on the
case, when one travels over Colorado
aDd then makes critical tour of the
Lone Star State and considers the
wants and resources Of each stste, one is
sUlpri.. d that the two states have not
long ago been connected by some such
direct rosd IS the one now being con-
structeI. Aud when one examines into
the geographical position and the COM
handing advantage of Fort Worth and
Denver, ore is at loss to understand
way there should ever have been any
doubt about the success of g road con-
nCc1ng business centres of such magni-
tute, enterprise and importance.
A DISINTEREsTED VIEW.
have nc personal interest in any rail-
road and never have had, although since
tie passage OF the interstate commerce
IaT have often wished that l was q
stoCkholder Of some OF the grand trunk
lines Of the country, but il Governor
EYans or any o. mis- Confreres of the Den
yer, Texas and Gulf were to make he a
present Of block of stock Of their road,
| should look upon it SIS something
worthy Of place in good safety vault
ike that Of your First National Bank,
Tor I18tanCe-and as something, too, that,
immediately ca the completion OF the
road, would be sure TO pay handsome
dividends.
tew fscts sid figures taken from au-
t1ent;C sources, put the question beyond
the peradYenture OF doubt. Texas is not
only the largest state in the Union, but is
fast staining TO position among the
richest. It is nearly three times the size
OF your tig state OF Colorado, ard nesrlY
three times IS large as New York and
Pennsylvania combined. II has, with the
exception OF Turkey and Russia, great
CT .rea than sgv Of the nations OF Europe,
and lis population is increasing SO rapid
~ tlat II can soon be regarded as an ex-
tensVe and powerful commonwealth
within itself. / is the greatest cotton
and cattle state of the republic, erd ranks
second as producer of sugar. In the
production of wheat, corn aud oats, it. is
rapidly approaching the annusI Yield OF
the great wheat and corn states of the
northwest. Texas counts 46,00O,0OO
~ boN
lesst $4,000, 900, 900 feet of standing tim
bers. over its extensive ranges roam
nearly G,C01, 900 mead of cattle, 800 GOO
horses, and 200, 900 sheep.
WHAT THE CONNECTION SIGNIFIES.
And it is this immense wealth that is
&c De brought into contact with Colorado
bY the completion of the Denver, Texas
and Gulf Railroad, road that is here
known as the Fort Worth and Denver
City Railroad, and which, blythe way,
originated here away back in 1873 as 6
Fort Worth enterprise. The ambitious
and fsr-seeing Santa Fe has anticipated
the Denver, Texas and Gulf somewhat by
building branch line into Texas through
the Indian Territory, but there will be
traffic enough for both these roads, and,
al 20 very distant day, for several others
OF equal capscity. Texas drives annually
over the trail TO the ranges of Colorado,
Wyoming and Montana no less than 800, =
00o cattle and sn untold number of horses.
on the completion Of the Denver, Texas
and Gulf these immense herds can be
transferred more cheaply and much more
e1peditiously by rail.
And Texas is Just waiting for the open
ing CT the great snd direct thoroughfare
il order 70 have access to the riCh and
varied coal fields OF Colorado. The coal
mines Of FranC5ville, Walsenburg, Trini-
dad and Rabbit Ear mountain will then
s. CnCe fed 4 wonderful increase in their
annual output, and the coking ovens of
Trinidad and Ell More will. be taxed to
their utmost capacity. Colorado, in
turn, will be put within easy resch Of the
extensive pine and cypress forests of
Southeastern Texas and Arkansas, and
viii there fad an almost ineXhaustible
supply Of the best timber, to tske the
place of that which has hitherto come
from the mountains of Colorado and the
timber lands of New Mexico.
SOME or THE ADVANTAGES
The traffic in fruits and cereals Will be
no less active, and all the Injuries of the
tropics can then be had in the markets of
Denver as cheap as they are now found
In those Of New York. The orange groves
OF Florida and Mexico will then be so
much nearer Denver than they are now
for time is no longer measured by miles
but by hours-and the bananas, and
lemons, and pineepples, snd cocoanuts
and other tropical fruits of the West
Indies and adjoining regions can be
plsCed il Denver only a few days after
they have been plucked from the trees
that bore them. And Watermelons, toe
aud who does no. like wstermelons?-
viii reach your markets much sooner
thsn they do now. Before they are ripe
in Georgia or Arkansas, and long before
You can get them from Kansas, you can
have them large, fresh and luscious from
rich piaLtEti0ns near Galveston and
other points on the coast. And yet more
Denver on the completion of the new
road wll! be q Thousand miles nearer
Underwater than it is st present, and
barring its lake outlet, will possess
nesrly all the shipping facilities of
Chicago The ports of Galveston, Cor
pus Christi snd Arkansas Pass will then
attain to the position for which nature
has destined them, and Denver will then
be in position to control great deal
CT the European traffic that is now
handled by the cities Of the east, and
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